The Real Annie Sanchez
Stories, lessons & hope from your favorite life coach
Last night I replied to friend’s post of their local night out with, “Please, please, please be safe.” Love wrapped in judgement.
I’m certain their post was coming from a place of love and support for our local community and service-based industries being hit hard by what’s happening.
Fuck me very much.
We are all doing our best, trying to make the best decisions we can with the information we have.
What’s clear to me is that I want to do less in order to do more.
I’m not interested in jamming my calendar with meetings and clients and fun activities. In fact, I’d like less meetings and clients so I can be my fullest, most present and rested self for those I have.
I want more meaningful and therefore fewer get togethers with the people I love and and am getting to know. This will allow me to be fully present.
I want to create deeply meaningful and connected client partnerships where together we are advancing ideas that positively impact our lives and the lives of the communities we serve.
The very first time I experienced anxiety was about 10 years ago. Yeah, 2009. I remember being unable to pinpoint the exact cause of the incessant butterflies in my belly, and flutters and twinges in my chest, but I remember thinking for weeks, “I feel really anxious.” I realized later that it was the beginning of my relationship with what I now describe as anxiety.
A friend recently posted on Facebook a question about cultivating patience. It really resonated with me because I tend to want things to happen right away.
When I really reflect on how I practice patience, it turns out I’m growing in my abilities (thankfully!). I think patience, like meditation, non-judgement, compassion and all the other things that make us better humans, are works in forever progress. They’re practices — things we do over and over with the intention of becoming incrementally better each time.
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with what I want my business to look like in 2020. I incorporated on November 1, 2018, unveiled on April 1, 2019, and yes, I’m already thinking about what I want to tweak, let go of, and add as the anniversary approaches.
From the outside it might be like, “But you are just getting started…”
Wanna know what the least selfish thing you can do is? Take a solo getaway.
I’m presently stationed at Sarabande Bed & Breakfast in the glorious village of Los Ranchos situated within the city boundaries of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yes, this little village is inside of Burque, just twenty minutes from the airport and fifteen from downtown.
I was thinking a lot about the goals I’m working on right now and how for 11 days straight they’ve been more than mildly impacted by all. of. the. things.
I’m a week behind on my Clarity Pages, meditation is basically nil, my nutrition is BONKERS, I’m under hydrated, under slept, and under exercised, but most most most importantly, I’m truly filled with joy.
There is no reason at all why having what you want isn’t possible.
What do you really, really want though? This is a big and not so simple question to answer.
You can’t just arbitrarily pick goals. You really can’t. You’ll never get them and will create a habit of letting yourself down for not getting them. But don’t feel bad, they were arbitrary in the first place so no wonder you gave up.
As I sit here thinking about all the goals, ideas, plans that I’ve come up with since I was a girl compared to all the things I’ve spent my life doing, I realize that my process for getting from here to there isn’t much different today from what it was twenty five plus years ago.
Basically it goes like this…
